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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mustache \Mus*tache"\ (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl.
     {Mustaches}. [Written also {moustache}.] [F. moustache, It.
     mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper
     lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp.
     mostacho.]
     1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair


        left growing above the mouth.
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     2. (Zool.) A West African monkey ({Cercopithecus cephus}). It
        has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the
        nose.
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     3. (Zool.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the
        head, beneath the eye of a bird.
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     4. A stain or discoloration on the upper lip of a person; as,
        wearing a milk mustache. [informal]
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